Clothesline



f. C. NELSON.

' CLOTHESLINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.` 20, 1920.

` 1,350,380. PatenaAug. 24,1920.

' the arranging of clothes pilnsori:simla'rals` i' y ing parts throughout the several views, myy l1 asomar,

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Torrall whom t may concern :Be lit knownv that yl,.-lilnnivii a Y citizen of the United `States, Aand ja 'resident of Clarksburg, .bounty et Harrison, j zWest Virginia, ha've inventedA certain nejwandf` use-y ful Improvements 'in '@Glotaheslmesz; and 'I do hereby declare that thegfollowvi-ng is. a f-ull,f`

clear; and.4 exact description Vof. f the invention,fsi1ch'as will enable others skilled in the art toV which ity appertains-'to make .and use thesamefa-` .i if, w

My invention-has reifereno'ev to improve-v ment in supports.' and hasfor its principal j Y Vare'fconiiected tothe rings 3 securedl tothe several rends of the wire'4 2 and to the up' er Vends of .the posts 7 in order 4tliaftfsaid*wire object towprovide, a. .novel form of. clothes line which by Areas'onkof its construction will be `strong and durable' and,- also, l'will permit curing devicesv thereon in fsuch aV -manner as to permitthe ready attaching of the sameto clothes'l-without any undue liability `of disengagement therebetween', such asis often Ytimes caused by vibration ofthe linewithV the ultimate dropping `of the pins from the line, thereby allowing the clothes to fall to the ground.` A

It is also'an object of the invention to provide the line witha type of clothes pin f which will positively engage articles to be securedk thereby'l without doing damage to the Ysame as by tearing or soiling them with rust or other disiiguringmarks.` A Y,

The foregoing, togetherfwith other advantageous, details and arrangements "of parts of the improved device will be apparent from av reading of the following-Ide tailed description Ain connection with the accompanyingdrawings, 1n which Figure V1, is apfragmentalperspective the improved support.

Fig. 2, is a dean i Side eievmonoftht 'type of clothes pin employed.L

Fig. 3, is a similar view takenratright angles to the Fig, 2, and,

Fig. 4, is a side elevation of aslightly modified form of pin. Y i Having more specific reference to Ythe drawings in connection with which like reference characters will designate!correspond-pv allelwires 1 and 2, therwire 2 being `above f the main or ysupporting wire 1 and of lighter gage; rings 3V are connectedV to their opposite ends,as shown in the Fig. 1` and" loops 10 are released. f

i engaged ftheiendzfof `rigidL or substantially rigid rods 4,Lwhich, in turn,l are ,viiieluiilieslsaen or: Quarrata ofiathef'convergin'g arrangement of-therods 4f, and to secure the same Yto fixed support? ing means, short pieces ofwire I6 are engaged therewith atcertain of their ends, and t 1 posts 7 `our slmilar supports. atl-theirfremaini Brad-ng Wires lS may be, and. pi'zably i willbelheld! taut:landfproperlyspaced;from

i iniproved'` y'lin`e,' Tlemploy a particular Iform Yof clothes pm, consisting of several lengths of springwirehaving an attaching loop 9 formed on itsfouterend whichis provided' with .overlapping end portions ,whereby to permit the introduction of the wire 2 therebetween-'and .the arrangement ofthe same in--such loop, while a second and larger loop l() isfformed therein by twisting the'wires at'11,the 'free portionsof the wires then being crossedV andl bent longitudinally of the Y pin to permit theV engaging of the same. in'

inwardly-tapering wooden jaws12, between which. the articles to be secured to the line i are engaged. y Y 1 If desired, thel Wires l Vandk 2 of the line may be supplied with bracing members 13 'fnconsisting of lengths of substantially rigid wire having their opposite ends looped at 14 and connected to saidrwiresat I spaced intervalsthroughout their lengths;

jf f Inusing my improved lothes line, the i clothes -`orother articles `to be supported thereon are arranged uponthe line 1, where upon, they are engaged bythe .pins which .100

are slidable along the upper wire 2 'togany ,for

desired point. Engagement of the pins with these articles is effected by squeezing the sides v'ot the loop 10, thuscausing thejaws 12 to be separated sulicientlyto engage the y articles therebetween-` ,At this. time the Instead of the form of pin indicatedA inl i transversely f alined openingsV l5 which the main wire 1 is passed. Thus, it

obviously, their number may be decreased,l l

Of kcourse anyr desired number .of ,pms may .be-Yarranged-upon the wire2, such 'asicondi- 7. vented.

`t.ionsr. or preference may dictate. ;Furtl1jer,-

since'these pins are secured to such wire, it

I will be l appreciated that loss ofthesame by isengagement from Athefwirefl willbepre- Manifestly, theconstruction shown is'ca.-V

pable .of considerable modiiication, and, such .n iodificati'on'y as is, Withinfthescope AoffnlyV claims, I consider within the spirit-of invention.

- Havingi'thus fully ,fdescribed'my invention,` 2li,4

what I claim ,3S neWand-desire to secure by Letters Patent-iszv 4,1. A clothes ypin comprising la resilient wire body having the strands of wiretwistefd toform an attaching loop at one-Tend; aV larger. loopformed atthe lower end, the eX- tr-einitiesof the strands of wire crossing one another at the lower end of said lar erloop 'will beunderstood that in addition to proj,-

viding a securing device between whichr portions of an article on said wiremay bese-1 cured, the pins'will also serve as braces bei; tween the several wires land 2, dispensing ywiththe' use ofv separate-l braces 113. H'O'W- ever, if desired, these braces 13 may- -be lused f in conjunction with the modilied pin, lbut,

and; terminating in parallelgends an an up- Y wail'dlytpel'd Wooden* jfawV engaged with Leach parallel end. f

"2l 'A clothes 'pin' consisting of .a body `fr )rmedof two strands of wiregtwistedtof getherk adjacent theirmedial portions yforiniingan upperiattaching 'loop and a lowerV resilient loop, the lower free ends of said wires being' crossed and bent longitudinally of th'efbodj'f, a tapered jaw carried byv each longitudinal end and 'said j aws vhaving =alin' ing openings therein Vfor the reception of a clothessupporting line substantially' as and 4for thelpurpo'se'set'forth. l -g v 3'. Thefcombination with a'f-clothes line consisting of an upperiand lower section, Aof

line y whereby.,clothes 'may` be .retained be,

tween -said jawsjandgsupported ,upon said' lower, sectionv substantially asandy in ,the

In-witness whereofiflIl-Ahaveset j i 

